http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-NOTAM-080409-1.html 187 Raptors is too inadequate
Posted on 07/17/2009 5:12:59 PM PDT by Chet 99
The most senior retired military officer to back President Obama's run for the White House says the president is making a "real mistake" in terminating F-22 production.
Retired Gen. Merrill McPeak, who was the Air Force chief of staff during the 1991 Operation Desert Storm and who credited air power with winning the war, was the first four-star officer to endorse the one-term senator in his presidential campaign. McPeak traveled with Obama to bolster the candidate's commander-in-chief credentials, much to the chagrin of the general's fighter pilot colleagues.
But now McPeak is breaking with Obama on the president's most contentious defense budget decision: ending production of the Air Force's top-line fighter at 187 aircraft.
"I think it's a real mistake," McPeak told FOXNews.com. "The airplane is a game-changer and people seem to forget that we haven't had any of our soldiers or Marines killed by enemy air since 1951 or something like that. It's been half a century or more since any enemy aircraft has killed one of guys. So we've gotten use to this idea that we never have to breathe hostile air."
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Hope he likes the undercarriage of a Greyhound.
The list, ping
Air does not win wars but ground and sea CAN NOT WIN when the enemy owns the air above.. The sky is the open flank of everything below it
Mcpeak??? Was not he the Uniform Guru of the AF? Rather look good than be good. What an asshat..
Hate to say it, but even as a retired USAF test pilot type, McPeak has the IQ of an Obama.
Period.
He’s stupid.
He’s one of those generals that actually match the stereotype seen in Hollywood.
Move along folks, nothing to see from this Obamaloon supporter. Move along.
McPeak still thinks Zer0 a great president? LOL!
I give him credit for being right on the F-22, a stopped clock and all that.
Exactly, what did he expect? Maybe he was hoping to be SECDEF or at last SECAF? Some guys will do anything to get back into power. Yes, Obama will continue to decimate the US Air Force. By the time he leaves office, I predict both the F-22 and F-35 will have been canceled.
You think Obama is taking his calls now? Nah. He served his purpose and that’s that. The only way he can communicate withe “The One” is through the newspapers.
I think this is in the top 10 for sure (along with mirandizing terrorists, cutting back on missile defense, stopping enhanced interrogation, unconditionally negotiating with dictators, and so on).
Barry simply cannot suffer with even a single element where America has undisputed superiority to the rest of the world. We, the evil predominantly white non-Christian oppressors and consumers must be equalized - brought down to UN sanctioned levels of prosperity.
BTTT
Wait a minute wait a minute...I can’t reply until I find my v-neck t-shirt...now where did I leave that thing...oh well...
Hey Merrill, your 15 minutes of fame were over a long time ago. Go climb back into your spider hole.
That’s the uniform general — some things never change — he was a jerk then and even more of one endorsing ZERO! It is pretty bad when McPeak speaks out against ZERO and his policy on the F-22 — I am shocked.
http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-NOTAM-080409-1.html 187 Raptors is too inadequate
"I think it's a real mistake," McPeak told FOXNews.com. "The airplane is a game-changer and people seem to forget that we haven't had any of our soldiers or Marines killed by enemy air since 1951 or something like that. It's been half a century or more since any enemy aircraft has killed one of guys. So we've gotten use to this idea that we never have to breathe hostile air."
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